Important People
Who are the Apostles?
12 men Jesus had chosen to help Him in his teaching
What is Hassidism?
a movement within Judaism founded in eighteenth-century Poland where pious devotion to God is as important as the study of the Torah.
Where is Greek found?
Language of the New Testament
mind
grammar, rhetoric, and logic
What are city-states?
Who is Theodore Herzl?
advocated a Jewish homeland in the Holy Land as a remedy to continued persecution of Jews in eastern and central Europe
What is the Torah?
The first five books of Jewish Scripture, believe to be written by Moses
Where is Hebrew found?
Original language of the Jewish people and that of their sacred books.
What is quadrivium?
arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music
What are burial rites?
only with proper ceremony could the soul of the dead find peace in the afterlife
Polynices wasn't allowed to ber buried
Who is Herod the Great?
A wickedly ambitious king who took over the government of Palestine with the support of the Romans. He was an Edomite, but he portrayed himself as a Jew returned from exile.
What is Apikorism?
An unbeliever or skeptic. One who does not adhere to Jewish religious belief or practice.
What is Yiddish?
a language used by Jews in central and eastern Europe before the Holocaust
What are the Cardinal Virtues?
prudence/knowledge
fortitude/courage
temperance
justice
What is free will?
God's gift to human beings of the freedom and ability to choose what to do
Who is Hades?
The God of the underworld.
What is grace?
God's gift of friendship and life that enables us to share his life and love
What is Aramaic?
The language Jesus spoke
the study of subjects and skills that are essential for the education of a free person, conducted in the spirit of free inquiry
What is glaucon?
even "good" people will do evil if they can act without consequence
Who is Oedipus?
The father of Antigone
Killed his father and marries his mother
What is Messiah?
Savior sent by God
What is Gematria?
Jewish method of interpreting a word on the basis of the numerical value of its letters (in both Greek and Hebrew, the letters of the alphabet also serve as numerals).
what do conversatio and conversio mean?
conversatio - the way of life
conversio - to convert
What is dharma?
the religious and moral duties of an individual